All DPEP districts have been identified for vertical expansion of primary education towards upper primary, covering the entire elementary education stage. The DPEP programme which was initially launched in 1994 in 42 districts of seven States, has now been extended to cover 271 districts of 18 States, namely, Assam, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttaranchal.
En todos los distritos DPEP se extenderá la educación primaria hacia la primaria superior, que abarca toda la etapa de educación elemental. El programa DPEP lanzado inicialmente en 1994 en 42 distritos de 7 Estados, ha sido ampliado ahora para abarcar 271 distritos de 18 Estados, a saber, Assam, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Bengala Occidental, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand y Uttaranchal.